#201
Posted: 3/23/23 at 12:25pm
I thought I saw prices jumping. These producers are pretty damn greedy. The tickets are already pricey enough.
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#202
Posted: 3/23/23 at 12:34pm
I’m glad I got this while I did. Good luck to people when they go on sale to the public tomorrow.
The idea is to work and to experiment. Some things will be creatively successful, some things will succeed at the box office, and some things will only - which is the biggest only - teach you things that see the future. And they're probably as valuable as any of your successes. -Harold Prince
#203
Posted: 3/23/23 at 12:39pm
Didn’t I say a few pages ago they were gonna do that when the site was down? Predictable and maddening.
#204
Posted: 3/23/23 at 12:46pm
Yeah, not suspending dynamic pricing for at least the first day or two of sales might be one of the most disgustingly greedy moves I've seen in an industry known for is disgustingly greedy moves.
As Charlie says, "But when it's — (snort) Money… (snort, snort) Money…When you're into —(snort) Money…"
#205
Posted: 3/23/23 at 12:47pm
Does anyone know if all seats were released or if there may be new stock when the general on-sale happens?
#206
Posted: 3/23/23 at 12:52pm
It looks like a significant amount of seats were held back because the pattern of available seats for less sold performances was all very similar.
Give me claws and a hunch, just away from this bunch.
#207
Posted: 3/23/23 at 12:52pm
When i was looking at different dates it looked like the exact same seats were on and off sale so it does look like they held back a significant amount of inventory today.
#208
Posted: 3/23/23 at 12:58pm
jkcohen626 said: "Does anyone know if all seats were released or if there may be new stock when the general on-sale happens?"
I don’t know for sure, but it appears as though only a certain number of seats in each price category were released for presale. Glad I was able to get tickets for mid-October, albeit at $400ea (incl fees). A few minutes after I purchased my tickets, the price for the same seats went up to $412ea. I also dropped the ball and didn’t click on the link to buy tickets until 11am. There were close to 10,000 people in queue ahead of me!! I had to wait close to an hour to gain access to the site.
#209
Posted: 3/23/23 at 1:01pm
This won't be a NYTW situation. As it goes with every other show at the Hudson, they'll likely be releasing seats up until the day of each performance, including the far sides of the orchestra starting at row M, which may or may not be partial view.
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#210
Posted: 3/23/23 at 1:03pm
grrr, this dynamic pricing really makes this so infuriating.
My instincts say to wait because more seats will probably be on sale soon, but the dynamic pricing could **** with that.
If I'm waiting for more sub-$100 seats, how do I know they won't be well over $100 by the time they actually go up for sale?
BTW, how long is the pre-sale window?
#211
Posted: 3/23/23 at 1:08pm
$409 for orchestra seats for a show that will likely be on TDF by November 1st. Right.
#212
Posted: 3/23/23 at 1:09pm
Also, every other show at the Hudson has seats allocated to TodayTix, so they may show up for sale on there at some point.
#213
Posted: 3/23/23 at 1:18pm
Just scanned a dozen random dates in Oct, Nov, and Dec. Lots and lots of availability still although the lowest ticket price category often is gone.
I'm glad I got one performance at a decent price today, but I don't feel a need to book my return for another viewing right away. My hunch is some of the prices will drop for select performances as dates draw nearer and inventory is still available.
#214
Posted: 3/23/23 at 1:25pm
Broadway61004 said: "$409 for orchestra seats for a show that will likely be on TDF by November 1st. Right."
No, that’s certainly not happening.
#215
Posted: 3/23/23 at 1:31pm
I almost always buy tix on my laptop, but today I was in the grocery store at 10 am, used my iPhone, and had 2 H Center Orch tix ($289 each) for the second week of performances by 10:10 am. Now I'm tempted to always use the phone for these crazy advance sales, but it was probably just a fluke?
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#216
Posted: 3/23/23 at 1:44pm
ljay889 said: "Broadway61004 said: "$409 for orchestra seats for a show that will likely be on TDF by November 1st. Right."
No, that’s certainly not happening."
We'll see about that. This is not Sweeney or Into the Woods or a Sondheim that has mass appeal outside of the theatre community. That's in no way commenting on the quality of it, but just the reality of the shows people are flocking to see.
#217
Posted: 3/23/23 at 1:53pm
Very glad I got my NYTW subscription, the entire subscription to see it in a tiny house was less expensive than a lot of these orchestra seats. Plus I got to see the fabulous How To Defend Yourself
#218
Posted: 3/23/23 at 1:55pm
Wow. Glad I saw the original production for a few dollars with a half empty audience, one week before it closed in 1981. That will do for my MWRA bucket list The nice thing was the full orchestra 42 years ago, and I am hoping that this show transfers with nothing less than 20+ musicians, otherwise it is a disgrace to the ear and the pocketbook. What do we know about the orchestra size?
#219
Posted: 3/23/23 at 1:59pm
I don't know how their fees are structured, but I noticed that the ticket I bought was earlier was $99 + $8 fee and now is $109 + $15 fee. So not only did the ticket price go up; the fee almost doubled.
#220
Posted: 3/23/23 at 2:00pm
I know it was not huge at NYTW but I thought it sounded really really amazing, haven't heard anything about the broadway size yet but can't imagine it will be 20 pieces.
#221
Posted: 3/23/23 at 2:04pm
They’re smart to open this and close it when they are, and having it as a strictly limited run will ensure a higher chance of selling out every night, but I actually LOL’ed at those prices. Depressing.
#222
Posted: 3/23/23 at 2:42pm
Sunday in the Park was similarly limited and starred Jake Gyllenhaal, but those prices were nowhere near as ridiculous. I sat mid Orch for $139 and front balcony for $79... I guess they think Radcliffe and Groff have that much more selling power, plus the rising tide of all theatre ticket prices lifts all boats.
#223
Posted: 3/23/23 at 3:06pm
The line appears to be gone now...I wonder if this will be the total spike now (including general release)...since the 'pre-sale' was pretty easy to get access to I would have thought the majority of keen Merrily fans and Radcliffe/Groff fans have already got access? Or can we expect another rush?
Give me claws and a hunch, just away from this bunch.
#224
Posted: 3/23/23 at 3:39pm
The line was gone at 1 p.m. Eastern when I checked seats for a friend.
#225
Posted: 3/23/23 at 5:22pm
Just like the Parade ticket release, there really isn’t an insane line for any of these releases, it’s that their site can’t handle them. It’s slowed on purpose, so any fear that it was going to sell out on first release can breath easily
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